can some set the equation up for me.
Science and medicine. A plane flies 720 mi against a steady 30-mi/h headwind and then returns to the same point with the wind. If the entire trip takes 10 h, what is the plane’s speed in still air?
i thought it was this set up but its not:
(720)/(30)=(x)/(10)
The correct equation that you need to solve is:
720/(V-30) + 720/(V+30) = 10
V-30 is the planes ground speed flying inti the wind, and V+30 is the ground speed with the 30 mph tail wind. What I wrote was the total time required for both trips.
DRAWLS ,
YOU JUST LOST ME....HOW AM I SUPPOST TO SOLVE FOR THIS
720/(V-30) + 720/(V+30) = 10
Get a common denominator of
(v-30)(v+30)
then multiplying both sides by that, then
720(V+30) + 720(V-30)= 10(v-30)(v+30)
then multily out, and solve for v.
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